Australia's Energy Sector: Implications for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Policies

Title
Australia's Energy Sector: Implications for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Policies
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Sajeewani, Disna
Siriwardana, Mahinda
McNeill, Judith
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Taiwan Institute of Business Administration, Taiwan Sheng Gongshang Guanli Xuehui
Place of publication
Taiwan
UNE publication id
une:13614
Abstract
This paper presents some of the key features of Australia's energy sector with respect to its contribution to the economy, greenhouse gas emissions and how the energy sector has challenged all past and present government to developing an effective mitigation policy. This is mainly because Australia produces world's cheapest electricity with very high emissions intensive carbon bearing fossil energy sources.The high emission intensive energy use is one of the major reasons for Australia to be highlighted as the highest percapita emitting nation in the world, although, Australia produces less than 1.5 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. As a result energy sector has played a key role in deciding Australia's emission mitigation policy framework that has been successfully implemented in July 2012.
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Citation
Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, 9(2), p. 10-21
ISSN
1813-0534
Start page
10
End page
21

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